The Sacrament of Waiting
by Fr. James Donelan, S.J.

The English poet John Milton once wrote that those who serve stand and wait. I think I would go further and say that those who wait render the highest form of service. Waiting requires more discipline, more self-control and emotional maturity, more unshakeable faith in our cause, more unwavering ( Read more... )

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Last Saturday morning, I was casually flipping through channels when i came across this video of Daughtry for the song "What about now?" Honestly, I was never fond of that song but when I saw the video, I was truly moved. Isn't it amazing how some things can hit you when you ( Read more... )

           Last Friday, one of my closest high school friends celebrated her 18th birthday. Even though I wasn’t feeling too well, I decided to still go. It was the first time I would see my old classmates since graduation and I wouldn’t miss that for anything. I even asked beforehand who were going and from my last count, 25 out of 35 from my ( Read more... )

Imagine tarnished buildings and run down highways. Imagine the Earth void of life and desiccated. Imagine heaps and heaps of trash everywhere you look. Now imagine a lone robot desperately trying to clean up this mess every single day. This is Earth a thousand years from now as depicted in the movie Wall-e. As the title suggests the main character ( Read more... )

Enchanted Garden. Medieval. Carnival. Rock Concert. - these are just some of the usual themes of the debuts I have attended. A theme is esential to any debut and with this comes the gowns, the program, the towering cake, the lavish decorations and all the other details which must of course be in line with the chosen theme. Nowadays,  ( Read more... )

       Yesterday my grandfather celebrated his 80th birthday. I don't think I have ever seen so many people wear that much red! From head to toe I might add. =/ As my last name suggests, I have Chinese blood running through my veins and thus am strongly bounded by Chinese traditions. In this case, the requirement of wearing red during birthdays. ( Read more... )

            Side swept short hair, dark skinny jeans, black shirt and chucks= emo
            long dyed hair, mini skirt, frilly white top, oversized designer bag and designer shoes= rich kid
            baller id's, jersey, big duffel bag(most probably for training) and sneakers=athlete

These are just a few of the stereotypes we ( Read more... )